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The Neighborhood Garden

The Neighborhood Garden from directly overhead

The Neighborhood Garden is a garden in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Elkhart Hill stands 221 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Enos Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 runs past it. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
Permitted

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.81299, -89.64887

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 52
  • The History of Union Station: 0.6 mi
  • Acts of Intolerance: 0.7 mi
  • Acts of Intolerance: 0.7 mi
  • 1908 Race Riot Archaeological Site: 0.7 mi
  • 1908 Race Riot Tour Marker - The Old County Jail: 0.7 mi
Artworks: 50
Gardens: 19
  • Enos Park Sculpture Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Garden of Hope: 0.6 mi
  • Motherland Gardens: 1.5 mi
  • Lorraine DeSouza Perennial Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Vinegar Hill Community Garden: 1.8 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Lincoln's Home: 1.1 mi
  • Route 66 Experience: 1.5 mi
  • High Dive Show: 1.5 mi
  • Milk a Cow: 1.5 mi
  • Lauterbach Man Statue: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Peaks: 5
  • Cotton Hill: 10.1 mi
  • Walnut Hill: 12.6 mi
  • Elkhart Hill: 17.2 mi
  • Yellow Hammer Knob: 17.6 mi
  • Polecat Hill: 21.1 mi
Springs: 1
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Neighborhood Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elkhart HillNNE 33°221 m17.2 mi
Walnut HillNNE 26°197 m12.6 mi
Polecat HillNNE 15°187 m21.1 mi
Cotton HillSSE 156°186 m10.1 mi
Yellow Hammer KnobE 92°183 m17.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:3119:5020:31
September equinox06:4718:2218:57
December solstice07:1715:5516:38

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273142536373767467554333
Precip in2.22.23.04.15.15.04.42.93.13.13.12.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springfield #2, 2 mi away.

  • Eastern Cottontail25 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel22 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee14 obs
  • Mourning Dove13 obs
  • American Robin13 obs
  • House Sparrow13 obs
  • common jewelweed11 obs
  • American black elderberry11 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/557829064

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